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Nearest Communities to Goddard,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Goddard, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Goddard:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Goddard.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Goddard is located in Jasper County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jasper County: Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story & Tama.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 175 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Goddard. Of these communities, 146 are located in counties other than Jasper County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Goddard (which is Jasper County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Goddard

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Jasper County   (where Goddard resides)
  • Mahaska County
  • Marion County
    • County Website:   https://www.marioncountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Marion:   Knoxville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goddard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goddard.
      • Morgin Valley ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Morgin Valley is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgin Valley
      • Percy ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Percy is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Percy
      • Swan
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Otley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Cordova
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Cordova is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova
      • Eifield ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Eifield is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eifield
      • Pleasantville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Pella
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Donley Station ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Donley Station is located in Marion County
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      • Donnelley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Donnelley is located in Marion County
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      • Howell ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Howell is located in Marion County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
      • Knoxville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
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        • Flagler
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Flagler is located in Marion County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flagler
        • Caloma
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Caloma is located in Marion County
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        • Durham
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Durham is located in Marion County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
        • Harvey
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Harvey is located in Marion County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Marshall County
    • County Website:   https://www.marshallcountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Marshall:   Marshalltown
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goddard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goddard.
      • Edenville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Edenville is located in Marshall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edenville
      • Rhodes
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Rhodes is located in Marshall County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
      • Melbourne
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Malta
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Malta is located in Marshall County
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      • State Center Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • State Center Junction is located in Marshall County
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      • Van
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Van is located in Marshall County
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      • Laurel
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Laurel is located in Marshall County
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        • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
      • Haverhill
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • State Center
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Luray
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ferguson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • LaMoille
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
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        • Gilman
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Pickering
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Pickering is located in Marshall County
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        • Wolf Lake Addition
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Wolf Lake Addition is located in Marshall County
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        • Dillon
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Dunbar
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Marshalltown
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bromley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Bromley is located in Marshall County
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        • Clemons
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Clemons is located in Marshall County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
        • Marietta
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Minerva
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Minerva is located in Marshall County
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        • Moningers
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Moningers is located in Marshall County
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        • Saint Anthony
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Saint Anthony is located in Marshall County
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          • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
        • Quarry
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Quarry is located in Marshall County
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        • Albion
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Le Grand
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Rockton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Rockton is located in Marshall County
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        • Predonia ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Predonia is located in Marshall County
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  • Polk County
    • County Website:   https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/
    • County Seat for Polk:   Des Moines
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goddard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goddard.
      • Mitchellville
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Santiago
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Farrar
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Farrar is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
      • Bondurant
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Loring
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ivy
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Ivy is located in Polk County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivy
      • Altoona
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Runnells
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Adelphi
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rising Sun
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodland Hills
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodland Hills is located in Polk County
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      • Capitol Heights
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Capitol Heights is located in Polk County
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        • Elkhart
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Enterprise
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Enterprise is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
        • Quilhart ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Quilhart is located in Polk County
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        • White Oak
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • White Oak is located in Polk County
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        • Carbondale
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Carbondale is located in Polk County
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        • Hastie
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Hastie is located in Polk County
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        • Berwick
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Bowsher
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Bowsher is located in Polk County
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        • Pleasant Hill
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Country Estate Village
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Norwoodville
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Norwoodville is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwoodville
        • Avon Lake
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Avon Lake is located in Polk County
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        • Levey
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Levey is located in Polk County
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        • Easton Place
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Easton Place is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Place
        • Oralabor
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Oralabor is located in Polk County
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        • Saylor Station
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Saylor Station is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylor Station
        • Swanwood
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Swanwood is located in Polk County
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        • Avon
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Avon is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
        • Carlisle
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • East Des Moines
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • East Des Moines is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Des Moines
        • Ankeny
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Carney
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Marquisville
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Saylor
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Saylor is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylor
        • Oakwood Station ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Oakwood Station is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood Station
        • Alleman
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Saylorville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Saylorville is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saylorville
        • Des Moines
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Crocker
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Crocker is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker
        • Fort Des Moines
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Fort Des Moines is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Des Moines
        • South Ridge Estates
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • South Ridge Estates is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ridge Estates
        • Corydon ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Corydon is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon
        • Lovington
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Lovington is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovington
        • Camp Dodge
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Camp Dodge is located in Polk County
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        • Johnston
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Polk City Junction
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • The Meadows
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • The Meadows is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Meadows
        • Millman
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Millman is located in Polk County
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        • Crestwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Crestwood is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood
        • Herrold
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Polk City
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Sheldahl
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Windsor Heights
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Valley Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Valley Junction is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
        • Norwalk
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Andrews
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Ashawa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Ashawa is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashawa
        • Grimes
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Rider
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Rider is located in Polk County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rider
        • Urbandale
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Poweshiek County
  • Story County
  • Tama County
  • Warren County
    • County Website:   https://www.warrencountyia.gov/
    • County Seat for Warren:   Indianola
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Goddard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Goddard.
      • Ford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Ford is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford
      • Hartford
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Palmyra
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenbush
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Greenbush is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
      • Beech
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Beech is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
      • Sandyville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Scotch Ridge
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Scotch Ridge is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Ridge
      • Summerset Junction ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Summerset Junction is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset Junction
      • Summerset
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Summerset is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerset
      • Ackworth
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Ackworth is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackworth
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
      • Clarkson ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Clarkson is located in Warren County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
      • Lakewood
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Indianola
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Goddard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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